I'm getting real tired of this attitude. My generation isn't stupid. They know what they're doing -- they're creating a transparent society where we can all be a bit more polite to one another because everyone has dirt on everyone else, and because we want to put ourselves out there and make friends, rather than dying alone in some castle with all our toys like the boomers are right now, because they wanted their precious privacy.

No, they don't.

But I like your rationalizations, they sound like the kind of stupidity that would go over well in a smoke filled dorm room.

"Actually, given that an FOIA request is the standard procedure "

ACTUALLY you're completely wrong about that statement.

"Perspective. It's what keeps the rest of us from turning into paranoid ass-hats like yourself."

Research. It's what keeps the rest of us from being totally wrong about shit like you are.

"Neither are most peoples IP addresses, unless they're on dialup."

[citation needed]

Don't bother, it won't make you missing the entire point any less painful.

In short, while what you say there may be true, it is irrelevant to the point.

"Evidence is presented in courtrooms, not to journalists."

It wasn't earlier in the htread when he asked for some and you mistakenly thought you were providing it.

You fucked up. Be a man and admit it, and stop with this bullshit you're trying now.

Really, you post good stuff so behavior like this really makes you look like a punk.

I've been saying this for years, and you can see the result in my karma.

Funny, the trolls seem to have let you off fairly easily...

It's funny, people would hire you because they think you're nice, while overlooking your patently awful legal opinions.

"No doubt there will now have to be a third trial"

When you prove to be as wrong about this as you are about the vast majority of what you post, will you come back and admit you hav eno idea what the fuck you're talking about?

We don't need the admission, it's obvious, but it would be nice.

No actually, I'm laughing that your loser ass logged out to post that crap AC.

It means I won and you're my bitch.

"That's being more than a bit presuming and putting words into my mouth, wouldn't you say? "

No.

"Ah, so you have designated yourself a judge of who is and who isn't an enemy of freedom? "

No, he just voiced what we all saw.

"I apologize for having an extreme urge to shape new ideas into something tangible and workable. "

Shut the fuck up, thanks. You have no desire for that AT ALL, and lying about it is very pathetic.

You make worthless observations about form over substance, in a clear attempt to whore karma, while making NO ONE SINGLE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION, then get pissy when yo uget called on it.

Fuck you buddy, you're everything he said you are.

You really have time to not only care about something so trivial, but actually write a post about it?

AFTER you write a post asking why people aren't being censored to your satisfaction?

Why haven't you killed your loser self yet?

"No, he's not. RTFA."

I did, you're wong and an idiot.

Shut up or kill yourself.

You said

"You seem to already have the negative caged-animal attitude that suing the shit out of everyone is your only option."

OP said

"Any thoughts from the Slashdot crowd?The free copies aren't boosting sales for my books. Do I (1) get another job, (2) sue people, or (3) invent some magic spell?"

So, the question is, are you just a REALLY bad reader, or are you that guy who has to lie because intelligent discourse is beyond his intellectual capability?

Slashdot, where outright lies are modded up because stupid fuckers don't bother to read.

You came HERE, to Slashdot, where there is consistent and irrefutable support for what have to be some of the dumbest ideas about copyright ever uttered, and you expect something useful?

Good luck, there's a very small population of people here with ideas you can use, but they'll be drowned out by the idiots who routinely denounce copyright as though it raped their baby and murdered their granny.

Tell me what you're looking for and I'll find it. Guaranteed.

Don't presume your own ignorance and lack of ability is indicative of the reality of the situation.

"Hint: it involves guns and courts and jails. "

No, actually, it doesn't, you're lying to support your "point"

It's no wonder though, that thieves have to resort to lies to support their thievery.

"You simply cannot make a freedom argument for copyright."

Funny he just did, you're lying again. And he didn't have to resort to "Hint: it involves changing the meaning of a word to support my stupidity, because logic fails to do so" like you did.

I'm going to let you in on a secret. The world isn't the echo chamber you live in on Slashdot, and outside of your stocked pond, your argument is routinely dissected and crushed, with the purveyors of that argument roundly ridiculed for their lack of intelligence.